Category: Community

Kashmiri Students booked in BGSBU for raising slogans against Eisa’s killing

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The police have booked unidentified students of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) for allegedly raising anti-India and pro-azadi slogans on the campus. The action came after Kashmiri students, especially from the College of Engineering and Technology, boycotted their classes reportedly for three days after the killing of former student-turned-militant Eisa Fazili of the BTech (sixth semester) along with two others by security forces on Monday. “Taking a serious note of the incident, the police have booked unidentified students of the BGSBU who were involved in the incident. The matter…

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No threat to coalition, Govt will run without Drabu: Avinash Rai

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Day after CM Mehbooba Mufti sacked finance minister Haseeb Drabu, Bharatiya Janta Party leadership has summoned its senior leaders from Jammu and Kashmir to New Delhi to discuss the possible repercussions on the alliance. “The leadership has been summoned by the party high command to New Delhi,” a senior BJP leader told Kashmir Post on the basis of anonymity. He said that Drabu’s removal has put a question mark on the future of interlocution between BJP and PDP. He said that coming years were crucial because of general elections in…

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Ayesha Aziz, the youngest pilot from Kashmir

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Ayesha Aziz, a Kashmiri girl became the youngest pilot of India. At the age of 16, she graduated in Aviation from Bombay Flying Club and got pilot’s license in 2011. According to the report published in IB Times, currently, she is a member of Indian Women Pilots’ Association (IWPA). She also pilots Cessna 152 and Cessna 172 aircrafts. In January 2012, at Russia’s Sokul Airbase she flew MIG-29 fighter jet plane. She met former NASA astronaut John McBride during her Advanced Space Training Course. She also met Indian-American Astronaut Sunitha…

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Bail granted to Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yusuf

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Photojournalist Kamran Yusuf, arrested by the NIA in September for allegedly encouraging stone pelting and mobilising support against security personnel, was granted bail by a special court here on Monday, officials said. Without giving further details, the NIA officials confirmed that Yusuf had been granted bail. He was arrested by the agency on September 5 for allegedly indulging in stone pelting and mobilising support against security personnel through social media. According to the NIA, Yusuf was allegedly involved in stone pelting incidents besides organising groups of youths who would throw…

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Three suicides in four days

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Three soldiers, posted in Jammu and Kashmir, committed suicide in separate incidents over the last four days. Constable Prukha Sukhdev of the 79 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), posted in the Sonwar area of Srinagar, shot himself with his service rifle inside the camp on Saturday morning, March 10. The jawan died on the spot, added a police officer. Sepoy Birender Sinha, who was posted at the 30 Rashtriya Rifles of camp at Langate in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, committed suicide by shooting himself with his…

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Dineshwar Sharma says he is hopeful of peaceful summer, but future holds risks

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The government appears to be cautiously optimistic about the situation in Kashmir, but there are worrying portents on the ground. The Centre’s Representative for talks in Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, says he is `hopeful of a peaceful summer this year.’ He bases that hope on his ‘faith in the people of Jammu & Kashmir, particularly the youth,’ adding that ‘they understand that all their problems can be addressed only when there is peace.’ That sort of hope needs to be tempered with caution, however. To be sure, the government’s statistics of…

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Dipika Kakar on converting to Islam: I have done it and I am proud of it

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Small screen actors Dipika and Shaoib Ibrahim recently got hitched in a private ceremony in the latter’s hometown, Bhopal. The couple has been in the news since then for their romantic wedding sequences to Dipika’s decision of changing her name Faiza for the wedding. The couple has fought all odds together and are now happily married. In an exclusive conversation with the TimesOfIndia.com, Dipika and Shoaib spoke about their inter-religion marriage, the feeling of being married and their relationship. “I can’t put the feelings in words. I have noticed the…

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No third party can interfere in marriage of consenting adults: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court said it would not recognise khap panchayats but refer to them only as an assembly of persons or as a community group. The Centre requested the Supreme Court on Wednesday to direct the states to set up a special police unit in each district of the country to investigate complaints from couples fearing physical harm for marrying outside their caste or faith. The government’s appeal is part of its measures to stop the harassment, attacks and even murder of young couples over perceived damage to a family’s…

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4799 Stone Pelting incidents in 3 Years, 17 Protesters died of pellet injuries in 2 Years

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There were 4,799 stone-throwing incidents and 872 terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the past three years, the government today informed the Rajya Sabha. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 730 incidents of stone-throwing were reported in 2015; 2,808 in 2016; and 1,216 in 2017. In a written reply to a question, he said there were 208 incidents of terrorist violence in J&K in 2015, 322 in 2016 and 342 such incidents in 2017. As many as 471 terrorists, 201 security forces personnel and 72…

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When ‘30 Cops Forced Incompetent’ doctor to write autopsy report in custodial killing case

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A doctor has said that at least 30 policemen forced him into writing the post mortem report of their liking in the custodial killing of a civilian, Abdul Hamid Ganai of Ganderbal, who was killed in a staged gunfight on 11 September 2003. According to te police, Hamid had ties with Hizbul-Mujahideen outfit and on the basis of information provided by him they had recovered arms and ammunition from a hideout in Gutlibagh area. The police had said that Hamid was leading them to a village, Urpash, where then Hizb…

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